Reminders

Industrial Unionist, Volume 1, Issue 3, 1 April 1913, Page 1

Reminders

The I.W.W. defies the employing class, the present masters of the earth. It urges the workers to do their own thinking, and has no fear as to the result.

At present too many of the workers pay others to think for them. If men must be selected, and paid, to do the workers’ bidding, let it be the workers’ bidding, and nothing else but that.

The power of organisation frightens the boss; but the organisation of power will paralyse him. Think round it, Mr. Worker !

The funniosities of an eccentric tramcar disorganised, quite recently, the working of a whole tramway system, without damaging anything but dividends. It’ll be a divil if ever the strike fever gets into the juice !

Sarcastic person, writing to the Yellow Press, says Auckland tram conductors are very tired, so very tired. Yes. and I'l Id an hqur is very low wages, so very low wages. Bad wages—bad work !

Organised labour is bad enough •—to the boss, but organised Sabotage—whew ! ! !

The Massey Government sent police to Waihi after 14 weeks, or, as soon as it was seen the strikers would win. The N.S.W. Labour Government introduced the cops on the second day of the Sydney gasworkers’ strike. Good for you, Fellow-worker Massey !

The Industrial Union welds the workers for a definite object, the complete transfer of the ownership of all wealth to the producers thereof. Its policy is, “ War in the workshop,” for it is there, and there alone, that the workers are robbed; in other words, “ at the point of production!” (The Parliamentarians are accustomed to overlooking that fact).

Workers, your destiny depends on the attention you pay to organisation on the Industrial field. Your representatives, Parliamentary or otherwise, can remain corrupt only in proportion to your weakness in

iucir 'trial organisation. Does it not follow, then, that it is to the interest of your representatives to see to it that you gain no further power on the Industrial field ■ They are enriched and easeful only whilst you remain weak. Why make traitors of men ? Parliament is the concretion of campaigns of lying and basest treachery—yes, and all in the interests of the workers, too (the plea is the same, whoever makes it) ; it has an Augean smell about it that no honest man can stand. Give no man power to decide for you. Continual vigilance over officials is the price of a clean Labour movement.

If this should meet the eye of T. A. SLADDEN, late of'Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., there is an important letter for him in the hands of E. Moyle, general secre-tary-treasurer, 38 Wakefield Street, I Adelaide. v